Modern Side Tables
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Velvet
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Onyx, Marble, Statuary Marble, Travertine
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Side Tables
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Glass, Wood
2010s Danish Modern Side Tables
Concrete
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
Early 2000s American Modern Side Tables
Leather
1980s Vintage Modern Side Tables
Metal, Chrome
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Oak
Mid-20th Century Modern Side Tables
Metal
Mid-20th Century Danish Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wrought Iron
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Marble
20th Century Unknown Modern Side Tables
Glass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Glass, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Sheet Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Murano Glass
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Carrara Marble, Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Wood, Hardwood, Katalox, Walnut
Early 2000s American Modern Side Tables
Brass
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Steel
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
1970s European Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Side Tables
Quartz, Bronze
1970s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Marble, Bronze
2010s Mexican Modern Side Tables
Wood, Poplar, Oak, Hardwood
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Iron
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Wood, Fabric
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Oak
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Side Tables
Marble, Steel
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Cedar
1950s French Vintage Modern Side Tables
Mahogany
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble, Travertine
2010s Australian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel
2010s British Modern Side Tables
Aluminum
2010s Portuguese Modern Side Tables
Marble, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Bamboo
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Marble
2010s French Modern Side Tables
Metal
2010s Spanish Modern Side Tables
Glass, Fiberglass, Wood
1980s American Vintage Modern Side Tables
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Side Tables
Travertine, Marble
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Leather, Wood
2010s American Modern Side Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Side Tables
Stainless Steel